THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

We’re a family that loves to double down on chocolate. Peanut butter is a favorite, too, and my No Bake Cookies combine both with oatmeal.

But since there was a birthday, I felt like I really needed cake. Deep, dark, chocolate cake. The best chocolate cake.

For birthdays, we have to do it up right by making my version of cake bliss.

But, as you may have caught on at some point by reading MBA, I have a little bit of a multi-tasking problem.

My family enjoys watching me flit from one thing to another like I’m their own personal reality show for entertainment.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups sugar (400 grams)
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (210 grams)
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (64 grams)
• 2 tablespoons King Arthur Flour Black Cocoa, optional (11 grams)
• 2 teaspoons baking soda (12 grams)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder (4 grams)
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt (6 grams)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk (240 mL)
• 1 cup strong black coffee (I used Green Mountain Coffee’s Vermont Country Blend) (240 mL)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil (120 mL)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (4 grams)
• Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment or in a large bowl with an electric mixer, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa(s), baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix on low until dry ingredients are thoroughly combined.
3. Add eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil and vanilla. Beat on medium speed for about two minutes; the batter will be thin.
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